Found a handgun along side road today

This is a discussion on Found a handgun along side road today within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; 20 odd years ago my son found a S&W 38sp in a ditch near the dirt road we lived off of. Helped son clean up ...

20 odd years ago my son found a S&W 38sp in a ditch near the dirt road we lived off of. Helped son clean up S&W and bought ammo.

Son fires it and some time latter traded it for a deer rifle. S&W was beat up from being in ditch for a while but still functioned well after good cleaning. Deer rifle was meat gun and used well on wild hogs and deer.

Never really thought of S&W as a practical weapon at that time, but the deer rifle keep meat on table, and could serve as defense weapon if needed.

Times have change in our great nation, and today the S&W would be much more valued. But it still would not be of much use putting meat on the table.

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws... serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man - Cesare Beccaria

Naaa, it turns out fine in the end... See the soldier was needed for a suicide mission so the military along with the constable set him up. Luckily he fell for it hook, line & sinker. We'll hafta wait to find out if he survives the mission though.

I LOST one many years ago. Went riding my motorcycle with the dang thing in my jacket pocket. When I returned home, it was gone. My main concern was that a con would find it during trash pick-up detail and shoot a guard.
I walked about a fourth of my motorcycle route and didn't find it. I was going to walk the rest the next day, but called the Sheriff's office to report it.

They already had it. It had fallen (bounced) into the middle of a guy's driveway and he turned it in. (THANKS whoever you were).

Shame faced, I went into town and picked it up. All they wanted was the serial number to confirm that it was mine.

While working, in rural WV, i found a .40 pistol laying along side the road today. The gun was laying 1 foot off the pavement. Pulled over and checked to see if it was loaded. It had a full magazine, empty chamber, and the safety was on. I was in an area with ZERO cell phone coverage, and wouldnt have any for the next several hours. I removed the magazine and put the gun in my truck's lockbox. When I got back to town I stopped at the State Police barracks, and handed it over to them.

It might have been used in a crime, and now your prints are all over it.